Orlando, Florida, USA

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

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Orlando, Florida, USA Wednesday 29 April 2026

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Active, around 6 an hour

Best around 5:14 AM

Radiant climbs to
24°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
15% lost
Speed
66 km/s

The rate at the top is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

Rocket launch

Falcon Heavy | ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 10:13 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
10:13 AM
Highest around 10:22 AM
Distance
47 mi
Climbs to
70°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Landing
10:20 AM
Land - Landing Zone 2, back toward E

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

That morning

Sunrise

6:46 AM

6:46 AM

6:21 AM Blue hour
6:46 AM Sunrise
7:18 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:59 PM

7:59 PM

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.

7:27 PM Golden hour
7:59 PM Sunset
8:24 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

96% lit

6:24 PM – 5:50 AM

ESE WSW
6:24 PM Moonrise
6:43 PM 4°
12:07 AM Highest, 49°
5:31 AM 4°
5:50 AM Moonset

Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 5:20 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:21 AM–6:46 AM
  • Morning best color 6:38 AM
  • Sunrise 6:46 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:46 AM–7:18 AM
  • Moonrise 6:25 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:27 PM–7:59 PM
  • Sunset 7:59 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:59 PM–8:24 PM
  • Evening best color 8:08 PM
  • Fully dark 9:24 PM–5:20 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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Upcoming celestial events for Orlando, Florida, USA

New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:30 PM to 6:00 AM Fri 9 Oct 2026 11:50 AM Milky Way Visible 8:19 PM to 9:59 PM with no moon, 23° above the southwestern horizon - 4 nights 10 Oct to 13 Oct
Sat 10 Oct 2026 8:19 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, NNW to NE, 14 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 6:09 AM International Space Station Modest pass, S to E, 19 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 6:31 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35 Excellent, look E
Tue 13 Oct 2026 6:33 AM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:50 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 12.5% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:18 AM Partial solar eclipse 29.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:26 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 56% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 29.9% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:31 PM Total lunar eclipse 66% of it above your horizon
Fri 7 Oct 2033 6:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 10:46 PM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 9:11 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 10:51 PM

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